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by 2smoker
Sat Sep 28, 2013 11:02 pm
Forum: Cannondale Quads
Topic: head gasket
Replies: 17
Views: 1844

ok, i understand what you are saying ray. i got the sleeve out, but dont have the right pair of snap ring pliers here to get the piston pin out. it definitely needs a piston, i believe he said it was a cp kit. so the rod could be bent a tad.give me a lil bit of time and ill get back with you on that...
by 2smoker
Sat Sep 28, 2013 6:45 pm
Forum: Cannondale Quads
Topic: head gasket
Replies: 17
Views: 1844

ok, let me dig into this a little farther and see what the bottom end looks like and i'll go from there. how reliable is the 97mm bore vs. stock bore engines and power difference. and is this a pump gas engine? the valve in this head is really embedded in it and I just figured it was junk, or fi...
by 2smoker
Sat Sep 28, 2013 4:24 pm
Forum: Cannondale Quads
Topic: head gasket
Replies: 17
Views: 1844

you have a stock motor or cylinder head? and how much?
by 2smoker
Sat Sep 28, 2013 4:10 pm
Forum: Cannondale Quads
Topic: head gasket
Replies: 17
Views: 1844

would I be better off getting a engine from black widow for this or just get a head and cams and all that for this one? I believe this one was ported by someone at blackwidow atv not positive though. maybe just go back with stock bore also.
by 2smoker
Sat Sep 28, 2013 3:53 am
Forum: Cannondale Quads
Topic: head gasket
Replies: 17
Views: 1844

finally got some time to start tearing this thing apart. I noticed immediately the amount of antifreeze in the spars. finally got the engine out and tear down. this is what I found. it is on a 97mm bore. supposedly it had the high compression valves in it. not sure on that one. two of them have the ...
by 2smoker
Tue Sep 24, 2013 3:01 am
Forum: Mini Forum
Topic: eton quads
Replies: 1
Views: 6517

picked up a 2000 eton 50cc quad for the little one and have some work to do on it. I put a new top end on it and a new carb. I found the muffler was bad so I cut it off and made a different silencer for it. added a new open air filter and now am having trouble getting it running right. have the oil ...
by 2smoker
Sun Sep 15, 2013 1:22 am
Forum: Cannondale Quads
Topic: head gasket
Replies: 17
Views: 1844

started tearing this thing down tonight, wow its going to take me a lil bit to get that engine out! I pulled the lid off the airbox and found some antifreeze sitting in it. then I started trying to remove the air box and that's about how far I got.
by 2smoker
Sat Aug 24, 2013 2:38 am
Forum: Cannondale Quads
Topic: head gasket
Replies: 17
Views: 1844

soon i'm going to pull the engine out of this and was wondering if there is anyone near Kansas that does machine work or has any knowledge on these engines? i'm totally new to this engine and quad for that matter but would like to go through it and have it done up the right way.
by 2smoker
Fri Aug 16, 2013 8:56 pm
Forum: Cannondale Quads
Topic: head gasket
Replies: 17
Views: 1844

pulled the oil filter out of it today and there doesn't seem to be any water in the oil, but there is metal shavings in the filter. sounds like it needs to be totally torn down.
by 2smoker
Fri Aug 16, 2013 3:14 pm
Forum: Dune Tales
Topic: Little Sahara trip
Replies: 19
Views: 6107

when I get mine done i'd love to meet up with some cannondalers out at the dunes.